Chas Newkey-Burden
@allthatchas.bsky.social
Krishna. Cows. Writing. That order. COYBIG.
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I’ve got a podcast! When I watched the nuclear war film Threads at the age of 11 it terrified me and changed my life forever.
I started the pod to speak to other people whose lives have been changed by Threads, from cast and crew members, to extras, broadcasters, authors and super fans. Out now!
I started the pod to speak to other people whose lives have been changed by Threads, from cast and crew members, to extras, broadcasters, authors and super fans. Out now!
I’m sipping Kashmiri Saffron Rose Chai with cashew milk and writing about Godzilla.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I’m sipping Kashmiri Saffron Rose Chai with cashew milk and writing about Godzilla.
Hello, are any of my friends in touch with the broadcasting legend Lesley Judd?
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hello, are any of my friends in touch with the broadcasting legend Lesley Judd?
Things people only pretend to like:
Nightclubs
Fleetwood Mac
Caviar
Add some more?
Nightclubs
Fleetwood Mac
Caviar
Add some more?
November 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Things people only pretend to like:
Nightclubs
Fleetwood Mac
Caviar
Add some more?
Nightclubs
Fleetwood Mac
Caviar
Add some more?
The diets are wobbling
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The diets are wobbling
The pear is an underrated fruit. But then again aren’t we all?
November 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The pear is an underrated fruit. But then again aren’t we all?
I gave up fizzy drinks and sugary cakes some weeks ago. I’m lying in bed with a hot water bottle, a fizzy drink and a sugary cake. NO REGRETS.
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I gave up fizzy drinks and sugary cakes some weeks ago. I’m lying in bed with a hot water bottle, a fizzy drink and a sugary cake. NO REGRETS.
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So many shout-outs! @epeolatrix.bsky.social @johnlogsdon.bsky.social @timchuma.com @froggylelong.bsky.social @allthatchas.bsky.social. As ever, thank you all.
Episode 19 of Bang! is out. Our countdown (for season 1) is almost done. Tracks 93 to 97 are big. The Stranglers, Heaven 17, Morrisey, The Sound, Level 42 all feature. As does a film review. And our plans for... erm... Season 2! Join us!
open.spotify.com/episode/3SnT...
open.spotify.com/episode/3SnT...
Come, Armageddon, Come.
open.spotify.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
So many shout-outs! @epeolatrix.bsky.social @johnlogsdon.bsky.social @timchuma.com @froggylelong.bsky.social @allthatchas.bsky.social. As ever, thank you all.
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Episode 19 of Bang! is out. Our countdown (for season 1) is almost done. Tracks 93 to 97 are big. The Stranglers, Heaven 17, Morrisey, The Sound, Level 42 all feature. As does a film review. And our plans for... erm... Season 2! Join us!
open.spotify.com/episode/3SnT...
open.spotify.com/episode/3SnT...
Come, Armageddon, Come.
open.spotify.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Episode 19 of Bang! is out. Our countdown (for season 1) is almost done. Tracks 93 to 97 are big. The Stranglers, Heaven 17, Morrisey, The Sound, Level 42 all feature. As does a film review. And our plans for... erm... Season 2! Join us!
open.spotify.com/episode/3SnT...
open.spotify.com/episode/3SnT...
My next piece is about Trump’s lifelong obsession with nuclear war. Posting soon, as they say…
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
My next piece is about Trump’s lifelong obsession with nuclear war. Posting soon, as they say…
Why are there no audio books of Experience or Rachel Papers by Martin Amis? I’m absolutely scandalised by this omission.
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Why are there no audio books of Experience or Rachel Papers by Martin Amis? I’m absolutely scandalised by this omission.
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Me on animal testing…
‘But let us extend our compassion further, beyond the abattoir and the racetrack, into the sterile cruelty of the laboratories – those shrines to curiosity without conscience.’
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
‘But let us extend our compassion further, beyond the abattoir and the racetrack, into the sterile cruelty of the laboratories – those shrines to curiosity without conscience.’
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
A ban on animal testing is long overdue
Last year alone in Britain there were 2.64 million animal tests in Britain. it's a statistic that shames Britain
www.spectator.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Me on animal testing…
‘But let us extend our compassion further, beyond the abattoir and the racetrack, into the sterile cruelty of the laboratories – those shrines to curiosity without conscience.’
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
‘But let us extend our compassion further, beyond the abattoir and the racetrack, into the sterile cruelty of the laboratories – those shrines to curiosity without conscience.’
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
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It's fascinating. Sean Judge is seriously worth listening to.
The new episode of the Threads pod is out!
This time we hear from Sean Judge who started the Facebook group Threads Survivors.
When he he first watched the film he had months of sleepless nights and threw his VHS copy in the bin. He talks about how Threads inspired him to work with death.
This time we hear from Sean Judge who started the Facebook group Threads Survivors.
When he he first watched the film he had months of sleepless nights and threw his VHS copy in the bin. He talks about how Threads inspired him to work with death.
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's fascinating. Sean Judge is seriously worth listening to.
The new episode of the Threads pod is out!
This time we hear from Sean Judge who started the Facebook group Threads Survivors.
When he he first watched the film he had months of sleepless nights and threw his VHS copy in the bin. He talks about how Threads inspired him to work with death.
This time we hear from Sean Judge who started the Facebook group Threads Survivors.
When he he first watched the film he had months of sleepless nights and threw his VHS copy in the bin. He talks about how Threads inspired him to work with death.
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The new episode of the Threads pod is out!
This time we hear from Sean Judge who started the Facebook group Threads Survivors.
When he he first watched the film he had months of sleepless nights and threw his VHS copy in the bin. He talks about how Threads inspired him to work with death.
This time we hear from Sean Judge who started the Facebook group Threads Survivors.
When he he first watched the film he had months of sleepless nights and threw his VHS copy in the bin. He talks about how Threads inspired him to work with death.
Me on animal testing…
‘But let us extend our compassion further, beyond the abattoir and the racetrack, into the sterile cruelty of the laboratories – those shrines to curiosity without conscience.’
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
‘But let us extend our compassion further, beyond the abattoir and the racetrack, into the sterile cruelty of the laboratories – those shrines to curiosity without conscience.’
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
A ban on animal testing is long overdue
Last year alone in Britain there were 2.64 million animal tests in Britain. it's a statistic that shames Britain
www.spectator.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Me on animal testing…
‘But let us extend our compassion further, beyond the abattoir and the racetrack, into the sterile cruelty of the laboratories – those shrines to curiosity without conscience.’
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
‘But let us extend our compassion further, beyond the abattoir and the racetrack, into the sterile cruelty of the laboratories – those shrines to curiosity without conscience.’
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
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Last year alone there were 2.64 million animal tests in Britain.
✍️ Chas Newkey-Burden
✍️ Chas Newkey-Burden
A ban on animal testing is long overdue
Last year alone in Britain there were 2.64 million animal tests in Britain. it's a statistic that shames Britain
www.spectator.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Last year alone there were 2.64 million animal tests in Britain.
✍️ Chas Newkey-Burden
✍️ Chas Newkey-Burden
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Over the past 10 years I’ve had many, many dozens of articles published about animal cruelty.
But, however hard I’ve tried, I’ve never managed to get one published about animal testing.
Until today. It’s happened.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
But, however hard I’ve tried, I’ve never managed to get one published about animal testing.
Until today. It’s happened.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
A ban on animal testing is long overdue
Last year alone in Britain there were 2.64 million animal tests in Britain. it's a statistic that shames Britain
www.spectator.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Over the past 10 years I’ve had many, many dozens of articles published about animal cruelty.
But, however hard I’ve tried, I’ve never managed to get one published about animal testing.
Until today. It’s happened.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
But, however hard I’ve tried, I’ve never managed to get one published about animal testing.
Until today. It’s happened.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
Over the past 10 years I’ve had many, many dozens of articles published about animal cruelty.
But, however hard I’ve tried, I’ve never managed to get one published about animal testing.
Until today. It’s happened.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
But, however hard I’ve tried, I’ve never managed to get one published about animal testing.
Until today. It’s happened.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
A ban on animal testing is long overdue
Last year alone in Britain there were 2.64 million animal tests in Britain. it's a statistic that shames Britain
www.spectator.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Over the past 10 years I’ve had many, many dozens of articles published about animal cruelty.
But, however hard I’ve tried, I’ve never managed to get one published about animal testing.
Until today. It’s happened.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
But, however hard I’ve tried, I’ve never managed to get one published about animal testing.
Until today. It’s happened.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ba...
I don’t yet dare to dream that this day will come. The things I saw when I researched and wrote about vivisection broke me forever. The cruelty is unparalleled. My eyes bled. 💔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government sets out plan to phase out animal experiments
The plan follows up on a manifesto promise to work towards the phasing out the practice.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I don’t yet dare to dream that this day will come. The things I saw when I researched and wrote about vivisection broke me forever. The cruelty is unparalleled. My eyes bled. 💔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Another Threads cast members chat for the pod!
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Another Threads cast members chat for the pod!
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Christmas is coming, and our books make perfect pressies! Get a huge 15% discount off our print books with the case-sensitive code CUSTOMBOOK15 until midnight on Friday November 14!
Also available as colour eBooks.
Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Also available as colour eBooks.
Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Christmas is coming, and our books make perfect pressies! Get a huge 15% discount off our print books with the case-sensitive code CUSTOMBOOK15 until midnight on Friday November 14!
Also available as colour eBooks.
Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Also available as colour eBooks.
Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
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We like it in Bang! HQ
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We like it in Bang! HQ
What are we all making of #HouseofDynamite then?
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What are we all making of #HouseofDynamite then?
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A thread of my articles about Threads (and other nuclear films and atomic matters)…☢️
This one’s my favourite
www.spectator.co.uk/article/thos...
This one’s my favourite
www.spectator.co.uk/article/thos...
Those remaking Threads mustn't soften the horror
I was 11 years old when I saw the mushroom cloud go up but this wasn’t Hiroshima or Nagasaki in the 1940s – it was Sheffield in the 1980s. I was one of nearly seven million people who sat down on the ...
www.spectator.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A thread of my articles about Threads (and other nuclear films and atomic matters)…☢️
This one’s my favourite
www.spectator.co.uk/article/thos...
This one’s my favourite
www.spectator.co.uk/article/thos...
No one really likes rugby. They just pretend.
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
No one really likes rugby. They just pretend.